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>> I MEAN, TO PUT IT IN CONTEXT,
I DON'T HAVE A HILLARY T-SHIRT.
SOLEDAD: ASHLEY SPILLANE, FORMER
PRESIDENT OF ROCK THE VOTE, NOW
STRATEGIZES ON YOUTH VOTE
ISSUES.
ALSO JOINING U I
RYAN
GIRDUSKY, A WRITER FOR RED ALERT
POLITICS, A NEWS SOURCE FOR
YOUNG CONSERVATIVES.
NICE TO HAVE YOU BOTH WITH US
THIS MORNING.
ASHLEY, YOU KNOW BERNIE SANDERS
CLEARLY EXCITED THE MILLENNIAL
VOTER.
BUT WE ARE SEEING THAT THAT IS
NOT DIRECTLY TRANSLATING TO
HILLARY CLINTON.
WHAT DO MILLENNIALS WANT TO HEAR
FROM A CANDIDATE?
>> THE MILLENNIAL GENERATION IS
THE MOST DIVERSE IN OUR
COUNTRY'S HISTORY AND ALSO THE
LARGEST.
WE AFFILIATE LESS AND LESS WITH
POLITICAL PARTIES AND ARE MUCH
MORE DRAWN TO INDIVIDUALS WHO
TALK ABOUT THE ISSUES THAT
MATTER MOST TO US HERE AT I
THINK THAT IS WHY YOU SAW SUCH
SUPPORT FOR BARACK OBAMA AND
THEN FOR BERNIE SANDERS.
THE CURRENT CANDIDATES ARE NOT
DOING A GREAT JOB OF TALKING
DIRECTLY TO YOUNG PEOPLE ABOUT
THE THINGS THAT MATTER MOST, AND
YOU ARE NOT SEEING THAT
TRANSLATE IN PARTISAN SUPPORT AS
A RESULT.
SOLEDAD: DONALD TRUMP, RYAN, HAD
A DIFFICULT WEEK AFTER THE TAPES
HIM AND MORE WOMEN ARE COMING
FORWARD.
HOW DOES THAT IMPACT MILLENNIALS
WHO DESCRIBE THEMSELVES AS
CONSERVATIVE?
>> IT IS DISCOURAGING AND JUST.
PEOPLE CAN GO BACK AND FORTH
OVER WHETHER THE ALLEGATIONS
ARE
TRUE AND THE TIMING OF THE
RELEASE, HAVING HAPPENED MORE
THAN A DAY GET AGO.
NONETHELESS, YET STILL, IT IS
MORE DISHEARTENING FOR
MILLENNIALS, BECAUSE ISSUES,
WHICH IS WHAT WILL GOVERN OUR
COUNTRY, ARE NOT BEING TALKED
ABOUT.
AND POLICIES ARE NOT BEING
TALKED ABOUT.
I THINK THE REASON BERNIE
SANDERS AND BARACK OBAMA AND RON
PAUL, BACK IN 2012, EXCITED SO
MANY YOUNG PEOPLE, BOTH DEMOCRAT
AND REPUBLICAN WAS BECAUSE THEY
, SPOKE ABOUT ISSUES AND IDEAS
AND NOT NECESSARILY PANDER TO US
AND TALK ABOUT HE SAID/SHE SAI
SOLEDAD: DO YOU THINK THERE IS
SOMETHING THAT CAN CHANGE,
ASHLEY, AND THE NEXT FEW WEEKS
BEFORE THIS ELECTION THAT WILL
MOTIVATE THAT HALF THAT ARE
THINKING THEY WILL NOT VOTE?
>> I AGREE WITH RYAN, THIS
ELECTION HAS BEEN SO FOCUSED ON
THE PERSONALITY AND PERSONAL
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CHARACTER
-- OF THE CANDIDATES AND NOT
ABOUT ISSUES.
I THINK IT IS A GOOD THING WE'RE
HAVING THIS CONVERSATION, AND
DESPITE HOW UNCOMFORTABLE IT WAS
TO WATCH THE DEBATES LAST
WEEKEND, IT HAS BEEN A GOOD
CONVERSATION GETTING STARTED IN
THIS COUNTRY ABOUT SEXUAL
ASSAULT, AND I AM SEEING A LOT
MORE PEOPLE AND YOUNG WOMEN
ENGAGED POLITICALLY BECAUSE THEY
CAN RELATE.
SOLEDAD: B AS RYAN POINTED
OUT, ACTUALLY, I THINK WE HAVE
MOVED AWAY FROM A LOT OF
CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE ECONOMY,
WHICH MILLEN
NIAL
POLLED AS
THE NUMBER ONE ISSUE, AND WE
CERTAINLY HAVE NOT TALKED ABOUT
EDUCATION.
>> THE NEXT DEBATE IS ABOUT THE
TOPICS, AND THAT WAS THE FIRST
ONE ON THE LIST.
I HAD A MOMENT WHERE I WAS LIKE,
I REALLY HOPE IT IS STUDENT LOAN
DE THEY WILL INCORPORATE WEIRD
THERE ARE SO MANY ISSUES THAT
THIS GENERATION CARES ABOUT THAT
WILL DIRECTLY IMPACT US MOVING
FORWARD.
I AM VER OPTIMISTIC THAT THE
CANDIDATES ARE GETTING THE
MESSAGE THAT THIS IS A TURNOUT
ELECTION, AND IN ORDER TO WIN
THE ELECTION, YOU NEED TO TURN
OUT THE MILLENNIAL BASE HERE AT
SOLEDAD: WELL, I AM NOT A
MILLENNIAL, AND I HOPE ALL OF
THOSE ISSUES WILL BE SPOKEN

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Updated: 5:25 PM PDT Oct 14, 2016

What’s the mindset for America’s future leaders this November? Gallup polling suggests that the presidential candidates should be concerned. Less than 50% of Millennials say they will ‘definitely’ vote in the election.